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Who do you think cane up with and wrote his domestic policies? That’s literally what lobbyist are for. They have these things drafted up ready to go years in ad
by dc-programmer 4y ago
Who do you think cane up with and wrote his domestic policies? That’s literally what lobbyist are for. They have these things drafted up ready to go years in advance (just like the Heritage foundation and SC picks). The only thing that might be last minute is the decision to go with it.
They know exactly what the downstream effects of these programs will be. Regulatory capture is a well attested phenomenon, so I’m skeptical of any claims that all the Byzantine policies that just so happen to favor big business came about haphazardly
- ch4s3 4y agoBill Frist wrote most of the legislation that became Medicare Part D, he was old buddies with Rove. Frist was a hospital guy and a bit of a scammer before going to congress, I won’t deny that he was in the tank for hospitals, but the pharma lobby didn’t write his law. The original version was pretty modest, people criticized it at the time for not spending enough money, though it may now bankrupt Medicare. I remember it pretty well because I was just then getting interested in politics, but a ton has been written about it.
- dc-programmer 4y agoI guessed and was basically directionally correct. That guy seems like he fits the Bush mold - Cheney and Rumsfield privatizing huge parts of the military comes to mind. Don’t get me wrong what you are saying makes sense. I’d be more surprised if it were a coherent system. But I do believe many government regulations and laws that may seem like sphaghetti against the wall at first are actually very intentional and lucrative to someone.
- ch4s3 4y agoWe’ll this thing in particular was Frist’s pet project for years, Bush and Rumsfeld just needed seniors on board for the election so it finally got done. A lot of things happen that way, just horse trading and trying to get re-elected.